In this essay, a reflection is made on epidemiology in actuality and its role in Public Health and Development. Starting from the definition of epidemiology and the current challenges facing the discipline, theorizing about the growing need to define the role of the epidemiologist and using as framing elements the principal master’s programs in Public Health and Development offered in Europe and in Portugal, th...
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to healthcare systems and economies world- wide. In countries with fragile healthcare systems, like Cape Verde, it is worth to highlight the resilience of the population and local authorities in response to this unprecedented reality. The implementation of rigorous public health measures, since the beginning of the pandemic, played a key r...
The present work addresses the issue of ethics, science and governance in health and seeks to describe how these different dimensions interrelate and, in some way, complement each other. For this purpose, a methodology was adopted that consisted of revisiting some studies that had already been carried out, con- sulting and identifying key elements in documents such as the WHO Constitution, Reconceptualizing Gov...
Over the last few decades, the role of the State and, in particular, the functions of the Government have undergone signifi- cant changes, with successive constraints on its decision-making power as new players emerged. The situation, susceptible to changing the classic understanding of statehood, is transversal to most western democracies. Although it constitutes a response to the social and economic transform...
Introduction: Policy transfer, also known as “import” or “export” of public policy, is the process by which policy ideas, practices and models are adopted by governments, international organizations and other actors in different contexts. Objectives: Illustrate the transfer of policies in the field of Health, exemplifying Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) and the use of the Value for Money (VfM) evaluation tool...
Introduction: The articulation between science and governance in health is one of the fundamental elements that draws the attention of researchers and writers in public health. One of the most critical problems in Guinea-Bissau has to do with evidence-based public policy making. Objective: Describe how the articulation between science and governance is translated into public policy in the health sector in Guine...
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